Getting to Trust: #TalkEarly About Listening, Not Fixing

Tips on how to find moments when we can listen to rather than fix our kids' problems.

– Sep 25, 2019

Popular Baby Names 2012: Blue and Django Made the List. Insert Deep Sigh Here.

Well yeah—that didn’t take long, did it? Turns out that as original as Beyonce and Jay-Z thought they were being when they named their daughter...

– Jul 18, 2012

{On the Parenting Post} Young, Gifted & Black

This week, as part of a blog-a-thon hosted by Parenting.com’s Mom Congress, I wrote an open letter to my daughters about what their father and...

– Sep 16, 2011

That Psychology Today Blog May Say Black Girls Are Ugly, But My Baby Knows Better

After all that yang poppin’ last week over the foolish “study” that claimed black women are the ugliest of all human beings on the planet,...

– May 23, 2011

About That Night Donny Hathaway and Toure Came Into My Delivery Room…

No, really I thought it was sensible enough: the overnight bag I packed for the hospital the day I delivered my Mari had all the...

– Apr 8, 2011

And Now, the Part Where My Daughter Starts Hating Her Bootylicious Butt

So there's this study out by Glamour magazine that says women, on average, have at least 13 negative thoughts about their bodies during the course of...

– Feb 26, 2011

{Wordful Wednesday} We’ve Been Snowbound For Three Days :: Send. Help. Now.

We’re snowbound. Again. Being held hostage by all the ice and a bunch of people who can’t drive on said ice and a city that...

– Jan 12, 2011

Jaden Smith Can Date My Tween But Even Then, He’d Get Some Of This

You remember the drama behind my discovering my daughter’s tween friends like and are actively trying to date boys, right? Uh huh. Well, seeing as...

– Jan 3, 2011

It's Like Tyson Vs. Holyfield Except They're Shorter. And More Brutal.

My daughters, Mari and Lila, love each other. I think. At least this is what I tell myself most days when the two of them...

– Dec 15, 2010

We’re Nice With the Verbs: Mari and Her Mommy Get Published!

  Aw yeah! Mari and I are over here wopping it out over our big day yesterday. My baby, whom I told you in this...

– Dec 8, 2010
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